Hi List,
On Sep 24, 2006, at 10:45 PM, Tantek Çelik wrote:
> Another thought is that the space of "historical
data" is probably
> a more
> relevant way to discuss this than just currency.
People assert all
> kinds of
> facts about the past (not just currency), and rather
than having
> something
> that is specific to currency, perhaps this implies a
need for a
> simpler
> "history" microformat which can then contain
any kind of data which is
> asserted to be true/accurate as of that point in
history.
i would be very interested in helping to explore a
"history"
microformat. In my spare time, I've been collecting examples
of
history timelines, after discussions a few months ago on
this list
about the inability of using hCalendar to mark up before
common era
dates, and other considerations for marking up historical
dates and
spans of time.[1] I've collected examples of uses of BCE
dates and
timelines in general, but I could easily expand the scope of
my inquiry.
Like Tantek says, a history microformat might help address
the issue
of past currency values, as well as help markup a host of
other
historical information: both secondary sources (biographies,
timelines, articles, genealogy) and primary sources (census
records,
newspapers, letters, diaries, probate records, etc...). I
may be
biased about this (I'm a history PhD student. And, I
understand that
we would need to collect real-world examples first before
moving on.
I'd be happy to share what I've collected so far, and help
out any
way I can, if the community thinks it is worthwhile.
Thanks!
Jeremy
[1] http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats
-discuss/2006-
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